Garmin 010-01879-00 InReach Mini, Lightweight and Compact Satellite Communicator, Orange

You need this if your going out of cell range. Get familiar with it beige you go out. There is nothing better then this.

I had a Spot for 8 years and replaced it with this. Slightly more expensive plan but you get so much more and it works much more reliably. We chose the base plan where you get unlimited pre established text and 10 specific messages free. 0.15$/text after that. You can also use a text to get weather. We go out every weekend and have not had an extra charge yet.

What your life worth? This is very affordable insurance. Also, it gives a peace of mind, when you are truly in the wilderness, thats not available without one! Awesome gadget!

Perhaps I got a dud, but after 45 minutes in my backyard, which has no ubstructions, the device will not activate. Had to return.

Hardware is great. Battery life OK. Only issue I see is the Android app is very buggy and unreliable when paired to mini for texting. Improvement in that area would get this up to 4-5 stars for me.

A friend and I did a recent backpacking trip in a remote part of Alaska. We were never going to be within 100 miles of a road, and our primary recovery by float-plane would be dependent on our proximity to a sizeable lake. We wanted to keep our families informed of our status, we wanted the DarkSky weather reports, we wanted comms with our pilots, and we thought the InReach SOS service was a nice back-up in case things truly got ugly.

Todo maravilloso, cumple su objetivo, fácil de usar y discreto.

Went remote for 10 days for work and it was great to keep in contact with my family. Love it!

Im an avid backpacker and received this item as a birthday gift. I love the functionality, but the screen mysteriously cracked in several places in the hotel room at the end of my second trip. I purchased a third-party screen protector but apparently it didnt offer any protection. I submitted a ticket on the Garmin site, but waited a week and a half with no response. I chatted with online Garmin support today, and they told me this device is not repairable. It must be fully replaced for the cost of $120 plus shipping. This is a steep price to pay for an item I dont trust to not break again. Im very disappointed.

I am underwhelmed with this gem. The user interface was about as friendly as a tiger thats on fire. Trying to input date is a task that made me want to trash this thing. My phone GPS is as accurate as this, it just cant transmit a help signal. I would never think of buying this again. MEH!